John Womack writes: "I still think we have emerging here (in this thread) a basic
difference in ways of doing the history of thought, especially the history of scientific
thought, and I (for one) am not going there."
  
  
Yes, what are the factors or elements or agents used in the production of the history of
('scientific' or not--and there's a large topic for discussion) of thought? A nice self-
referential turning of the screw and many meals for methodologists all in one.
  
David Hammes